finding preemie clothes!

Jayda can finally wear clothes! She has been for about a week but today I decided to go get her more and I could not find any anywhere besides walmart! I went to babies r us, target, kid to kid, Ross(they had a couple of things)...and they have nothing but newborn and up and if I do find preemie stuff its either really ugly, for a boy, or looks like it could fit a 3 month old. Where did you guys find your preemie clothes besides walmart (we've already pretty much bought all thier preemie outfits. Well the only outfits we could find in preemie were little jammie type outfits no dresses or cute pants or anything. I wish stores would be more preemie friendly! The good thing though is preemie clothes are pretty cheap!

Just one year also has some preemie clothes. Unfortunately, you're not going to find much in the way of "cute" clothes and dresses in preemie sizes. Most people get that size for the very first newborn days when the baby is in onsies and sleepers. Not too many truly need the preemie sizes for a longer period.

My dd was in preemie sizes for quite a few months after she came home- up through 6m old or so. I thought they were well worth the money, personally.

I agree don't buy a lot of preemie clothes. We bought Gage a few onsies and pj's and thats it, we just rotated him out of those. And Im glad I didn't spend a lot he only wore them for about 2 months if that and 5 weeks of that he was in the NICU. Hes now almost grown out of his newborn clothes. He will be 4 months this Friday 7 weeks adjusted and almost 12lbs I bet. He was born 3lbs back in April.

Alli was in preemie clothes for quite awhile too, but she didn't need that many outfits since we never took her out and I just found it easier to put her in a sleeper most of the time. I know my friends went nuts at my baby showers with preemie stuff, so I didn't need to buy anything. The Walmart here has everything in preemie sizes. All the clothes in their baby section goes from preemie to 24 months.

Gap baby has clothes that fit up to 7 pounds. I know they are expensive but they are soooo soft. I bought just a couple of onesies there and that's all he's been wearing. I have to wash about every other day. On wash days, he wears NICU clothes. Gerber also has clothes sized 5 - 8 lbs. These are not as soft but are a good deal. I bought mine at BRU on clearance and with a coupon from gerberchildrenswear.com. Came out to $3 for a package of 5 onesies.

Have some if you want for cuteness, but don't invest big dollars Does your NICU not provide anything? Our NICU provided it when they started dressing her and we let them, as it saved stuff we bought getting lost. She was there for eight weeks and the last several weeks at least had a onesie or sleeper on. We only took an outfit in once because we were worried she'd get too long for it if we waited until she came home and it was a special outfit someone got as a gift. Dd was tiny (born 1lb 15oz) but she was 14" when born and Carter preemie goes to 15" I think.

Knowing she was long and lean and we were heading for as much isolation as possible due to RSV season (she was discharged at the beginning of it), we chose not to buy preemie stuff. However, she was only 3lbs 15oz at discharge and stuff was huge. The things that fit best were Gerber NB size since they run small. We used their onesies and sleepers. Someone also got her some outfits at Gymboree in their "up to 7lb" size which fits like a preemie. We got a TON of wear out of those--she wore that just about every time she did leave the house. We were given 2 one piece sleep-n-plays, but what really got the use was the 2 piece outfits--like "real" clothes. I can't bear to part with those two outfits.

Gerber runs REALLY small, I agree. I had Gerber onesies 3-6 months that I was keeping in my drawer, and actually I tried them some time ago and they were almost too small - they are too tight now already. Mind, my baby is just outgrowing regular Newborn clothes and most 0-3 fits her JUST now. She's 4 months (2.5 adjusted) and 9 lbs...

The Walmart preemie clothes fit much longer, some of them are close to Newborn size...

I think it obviously depends on the size of your baby and how fast he or she is growing as to whether preemie clothes are worth it or not. For us, they weren't for our boy twin who grew really fast but they were very much worth it for his twin sister who had severe IUGR and wore preemie clothes for the first four months. She was in that size even longer than newborn. Now she is six months old and just getting into 0-3 mos. We bought most of our preemie stuff at Wal-mart but were able to find some cute dresses there.

My boys were in preemie stuff for a long time. They were not teeny tiny either, but I guess short? We found our preemie stuff at WalMart, Babies R Us, Once Upon A Child (consignment shop), local Moms of Multiples yard sale.

We didn't have to take any clothes to the NICU, they provided all clothing while they were there. Once we got home the boys mostly wore preemie onsie with an outfit on top to help with temperature control.

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April - Mom to twins Zak & Ryder (born 8/5/07, 30 weeks) and Tyler (born 4/26/12)